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...ecessary; (4) Perform other functions related to the department's law enforcement activities, training, and policies that the director assigns to the officer. A natural resources law enforcement staff officer, on any lands or waters owned, controlled, maintained, or administered by the department, has the authority specified under section 2935.03 of the Revised Code for peace officers of the department of natural r...

...n accepting any such funds for the acquisition of lands or interests in them to be used for open-space purposes including park, recreational, historical, or scenic purposes, or for conservation of land or other natural resources, the director may agree on behalf of the state that lands or interests in them acquired in part with those funds shall not be converted to other uses except pursuant to further agreement betw...

...nd out of any funds appropriated to the department of natural resources for studies, planning, or engineering, such moneys as are necessary for the preparation of studies or plans for any state park or proposed state park in connection with which any lands or interests therein or public service facilities, or both, are to be acquired, constructed, enlarged, equipped, furnished, or improved from the proceeds of state ...

...orical site" means a site that has been designated by the Ohio history connection with a brown historical marker sign and has significance with respect to the state's oil and gas history. (B) The department of natural resources shall not physically work on or alter a historical site without the consent of every member of all of the following entities: (1) The board of county commissioners of the county in which t...

...lished. The director may publish separately any section of such annual report.

...All chiefs of divisions in the department of natural resources shall be appointed by the director of natural resources. The chiefs of those divisions may be removed by the director. The chief engineer of the department of natural resources shall be a professional engineer registered under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code or a professional architect certified and registered under Chapter 4703. of the Revis...

...The lodge located at Maumee Bay state park shall be known as the "Quilter lodge."

... and approval of the director. The acquisition of such lands or interests therein and facilities shall be planned with regard to the needs of the people of the state and with regard to the purposes and uses of such state parks and, except for facilities constructed in consideration of a lease under section 1501.012 of the Revised Code, shall be paid for from the state park fund created in section 1546.21 of the Revis...

...ctor shall determine which projects are eligible for disbursement from the fund. The chief shall not begin any project for which disbursement is requested before obtaining the director's approval as required by this section.

...ned in section 1501.07 of the Revised Code may be leased by the department of natural resources for the operation thereof as provided in section 1501.10 of the Revised Code, or may be operated by any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation under contract with the director of natural resources as provided in section 1501.012 or 1501.091 of the Revised Code, or may be operated by the department through t...

...of public service facilities shall be made in writing by the director of natural resources with the person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation whose bid, in consideration of the public interest, is determined by the director to be the best bid received, after advertisement for bids has been published for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in each county in which the facilit...

...is situated. The publication shall be made once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date fixed for the acceptance of the bids. The notice shall set forth the pertinent facts concerning the facility to be leased and the periods of required operation during the year and shall refer to the terms and conditions that the lease shall include, which shall be on file in the office of the director of natural res...

...(A) The revenue derived from the operation or ownership of state parks or public service facilities shall be paid into the state park fund in accordance with section 1546.21 of the Revised Code; provided, that at such times and to the extent and in the manner provided in the order of the director authorizing state park revenue bonds, or in the bond proceedings applicable to obligations issued pursuant to section 154....

...d interest on these bonds is payable solely from the revenues provided in section 1501.14 of the Revised Code. The bonds shall be authorized by order of the director of natural resources, approved by the governor, which shall recite an estimate by the director of the costs to be paid from the proceeds of the bond issue and provide for the issuance of bonds in an amount not in excess of the estimated cost. The bonds o...

... and watercraft in relation to the acquisition, improvement, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the lands or interests therein or public service facilities in connection with which such bonds are authorized, the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, the insurance of moneys on hand or on deposit, and the rights and remedies of the trustee and the holders of the bonds, including therein pr...

...public service facilities, for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, equipment, furnishing, or improvement of which bonds are issued, except such part as is necessary to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating them during any period in which such cost is not otherwise provided for, shall be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds. In any case in which the director dee...

...ns of the constitution of the state in relation to state debt.

... shall consist of money received by the department of natural resources from other entities as performance security. Upon the completion of work or satisfaction of terms for which the performance bond was required, the money shall be refunded to the pledging entity. In the event that the performance bond is forfeited, the money shall be transferred to the appropriate fund within the state treasury.

...Hillside land owned by the state adjacent to the Little Miami river is hereby declared the Little Miami forest preserve. This designation constitutes a statement of intent by the general assembly that such land be used and managed by state agencies having its custody or control for the purpose of protecting, preserving, and enhancing its natural and scenic beauty for its own sake and in conjunction with the protectio...

...or scenic canoe and boating routes, as well as pamphlets containing any other interpretative literature on the routes that the director considers advisable.

...The director of natural resources may erect and maintain suitable markers to warn boaters of dams, that are hazardous on all waters of the state that are regularly used by the public, whether seasonally or during all seasons, for canoeing, kayaking, or similar watercraft recreation.

... programs. In accordance with state guidelines, the director may reimburse volunteers for necessary and appropriate expenses, such as travel expenses, that they incur in the course of their volunteer service to the department. The director may designate volunteers in a volunteer program as state employees for the purpose of motor vehicle accident liability insurance under section 9.83 of the Revised Code, for the pur...

...led, maintained, or administered by the department of natural resources under Chapters 1503., 1517., 1546., and 1547. of the Revised Code, and waters in this state. The department shall employ a natural resources officer in conformity with the law applicable to the classified service of the state. (B)(1) On any lands or waters in this state and on highways adjacent to those lands and waters, a natural resources offi...

... as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The director of natural resources shall not appoint a person as a natural resources officer under section 1501.24 of the Revised Code on a permanent or temporary basis or for a probationary term if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony. (2)(a) The director shall terminate the employment of a natural resources officer if the o...

...a series of transactions with the same seller. (2) "Unimproved taxable value" means the taxable value of qualifying land, exclusive of improvements, for the tax year in which the land or interest in the land was acquired by the department of natural resources. (B) On or before the thirtieth day of June of each year, beginning in 2022, the director of natural resources shall pay to the county treasurer of each cou...